Q361/G361 and 3600 Baud Systems

[fmulder13]

Hello All,

Would a radio with the following features included in its flashcode work on a 3600 baud mixed-mode system, or will it only work on 9600 baud systems?

Q806/G806 IMBE / APCO-25 Digital Operation
H14/G114 Digital ID Display
H868/W969 Multikey Operation
H38/G51 Smartzone Operation
Q173/G173 Smartzone OmniLink Operation
Q361/G361 Digital APCO-25 IMBE Trunking (9600kb Control)

It sounds like a stupid question, but I haven't been able to come up with a square answer yet.

 

[XTS3000]

With those options, you can use it on a 3600 analog only system, 3600 mixed mode system, and 9600 system.

 

[fmulder13]

Someone on another forum mentioned limited feature set and bad audio doing 3600 baud with that sort of feature set. Any truth to that?

 

[im800mhz]

Make sure to take off the USMS property tag.

 

[PJH]

What radio?

 

[fmulder13]

Xts 3000 was the original radio I had in mind, but I'm curious about the astro spectra, xts/l 2500/5000 as well.

 

[PJH]

9600 only works on (exceptions, but generally) the XTL/XTS aka the ASTRO25 line of radios, and the current APX.

There is an ASTRO Spectra+ that will work on 9600 systems, and IIRC you could do it on a 800MHz XTS3000 with a certain firmware revision.

The XTS/XTL2500 required(?) the 3600/9600 flashcode option if you needed both, the 5000 did not (if you had 9600, it should do 3600. I want to say a FW revision in the 2500 might have changed that, but I never had to deal or needed that option in my 2500's. It was awhile ago when they did certain enhancements to the 2500 series.

 

[MTS2000des]

Someone on another forum mentioned limited feature set and bad audio doing 3600 baud with that sort of feature set. Any truth to that?

I can concur. I have an XTS3K flashed with HOST R6.72 9600 baud f/w. Works great on 9600 SZ systems, but poorly on Smartnet. Fortunately, Smartnet is going away and there is only one county left here (and they are in the process of upgrading to phase 2).

But yes, audio "holes", no ID display.

 

[PJH]

Correct. Due to the memory limitations, a bunch of stuff had to be removed to get 9600 to fit. I know there are ASTRO Spectra's (not plus's) that had it done at the depot for a customer, but I don't have all the details of that.

Either way, you really need to look to an ASTRO25 series radio for everything to work as intended.